Individual Details
Ross C. Couffer
(May 1887 - 28 Jun 1917)
Events
| Birth | May 1887 | Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States |  | | |
| Census | 1910 | Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Marriage | Katie M. Bunting | | |||
| Death | 28 Jun 1917 | South Front Street, Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States | | | |
| Burial | 2 Jul 1917 | Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Katie M. Bunting (1889 - 1918) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Charles M. Couffer (1862 - ) |
| Mother | Amanda Jane Mumma (1863 - ) |
| Sibling | Irvin Couffer (1884 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Roy Mumma Couffer (1888 - 1928) |
| Sibling | Robert D. Couffer (1891 - 1940) |
| Sibling | Carrie E. Couffer (1899 - ) |
| Sibling | Alma N. Couffer (1901 - 1977) |
Notes
Census
He attended school within the census year.Census
His name was given as Ross C. and his occupation as electrician - steel works.Death
Ross C. Couffer was a lineman for the Harrisburg Light and Power company. He was working atop a pole on South Front Street in Steelton when his hand came in contact with a "highly charged" wire. He fell to the ground, the fall breaking his neck. "He is survived by a wife and three small children."Endnotes
1. 1900 census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, population schedule, Lower Swatara Twp., enumeration district (ED) 86, p. 19B, dwelling 379, family 392, Charles Couffer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 1403.
2. 1910 census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 4 Steelton, enumeration district (ED) 124, p. 1B, dwelling 21, family 21, Charles M. Douffer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 1349.
3. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 March 2015), photograph, gravestone for Ross C. Couffer (1887-1917), Memorial No. 70827709, Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, Pennsylvania, photograph (c) Robert Viguers.
4. FamilySearch,org, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12661-47680-90?cc=1589502 : accessed 3 March 2015), Marriage of John Charles Couffer to Josephene Mahalah Fisher; Dauphine County, Pennsylvania, courthouse.
5. "Steelton: Falls from pole and breaks neck," news story, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Patriot, 29 June 1917, death of Ross C. Couffer in work accident; online image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 4 March 2015).
6. 1900 census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, population schedule, Lower Swatara Twp., enumeration district (ED) 86, p. 19B, dwelling 379, family 392, Charles Couffer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T623, roll 1403.
7. 1910 census, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, population schedule, Ward 4 Steelton, enumeration district (ED) 124, p. 1B, dwelling 21, family 21, Charles M. Douffer household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 June 2013); National Archives microfilm publication T624, roll 1349.
8. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 March 2015), photograph, gravestone for Katie M. Couffer (1889-1918), Memorial No. 70827804, Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, Pennsylvania, photograph (c) Robert Viguers.
9. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 March 2015), photograph, gravestone for Ross C. Couffer (1887-1917), Memorial No. 70827709, Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, Pennsylvania, photograph (c) Robert Viguers.
10. "Steelton: Falls from pole and breaks neck," news story, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Patriot, 29 June 1917, death of Ross C. Couffer in work accident; online image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 4 March 2015).
11. FindAGrave, Inc., FindAGrave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 3 March 2015), photograph, gravestone for Ross C. Couffer (1887-1917), Memorial No. 70827709, Baldwin Cemetery, Steelton, Pennsylvania, photograph (c) Robert Viguers.
12. "Steelton: Falls from pole and breaks neck," news story, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Patriot, 29 June 1917, death of Ross C. Couffer in work accident; online image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 4 March 2015).
13. "Couffer Funeral," news story, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Patriot, 3 July 1917, report of funeral for Ross Couffer; online image, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 4 March 2015).